Reposted by Tony KocúrkoDr Karen Pinder 🇨🇦 🔬 @drkarenpinder.bsky.social · 23hWell this is awesome sauce. I am going to advocate for this at work. I was the person to get defibrillators in public locations in my work building so I know how to get shite done. 👊 3298
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious. 5155831510
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoCrowbar @crowbar.wtf · 03/10/2026Employers want people under 30 with the experience of 50+ year olds and no health issues they can pay at the rate for an 15 year old. 712221
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Guys I'm listening to the Q&A of the pipeline announcement and the first question (with three mins left in the video!!) about anything other than the economics of the pipeline came from POSTMEDIA POSTMEDIA was the first to ask about Indigenous consultation. What is everyone else DOING bro????? 216426
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoMy IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Carney's frequent references to climate change at these oil & gas announcements are also supposed to undermine any charges that he's a climate change denier. (Because looking only at his record on oil & gas projects & his hand-waving away Canada's emissions targets well justifies the accusation.) 1186
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoBarney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026West Coast Pipeline is the name of my Midnight Oil cover band. 1214714
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As usual... "Alto high-speed rail project could cost more than originally thought: budget watchdog" www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caAlto high-speed rail project could cost up to $113B, budget watchdog says | CBC NewsBuilding the proposed high‑speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City could cost between $75 billion and $113 billion — higher than some of the official initial estimates, according to a new r... 010
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026November 27, 2025. "Construction of one or more **private sector** constructed and **financed** pipelines," So, Gummints ponying up 90% of the cost brings "run Gummint like a business" right up to date, right? www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/back...pm.gc.caCanada-Alberta Memorandum of UnderstandingPREFACE At this pivotal global moment, Canada and Alberta, working closely with Indigenous Peoples and industry, must work together cooperatively, and within their respective jurisdictions, to foster ... 120
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hmmmm... What a difference a year makes. "The agreement stresses that this pipeline will be privately constructed and financed — unlike the publicly-owned Trans Mountain ..." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caHere's what to know about Canada's landmark energy agreement with Alberta | CBC NewsPrime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have jointly agreed on a path forward for a new bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast — a hugely significant development that the federal gov... 162
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoJimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 01/10/2026This is reminiscent of the Trudeau-era promise to spend all the money earned by Trans Mountain on climate action — a promise that has since been quietly abandonednationalobserver.comHow Carney’s ‘climate action’ pipeline spin echoes Trudeau’s Trans Mountain rhetoricCanada's last two prime ministers have something in common: both Mark Carney and his predecessor Justin Trudeau cast their support for oil pipelines as a form of climate action. In the case of Trans M... 211039
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoJimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 01/10/2026"Pembina came on board as a private investor," Carney says of the only private stake — 10 per cent — in the otherwise exclusively publicly funded pipeline. 27318
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoIris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s SELF SABOTAGE. As @fordnation pours $2.1 BILLION into health teams, he SIMULTANEOUSLY diverts taxpayer dollars into PRIVATE clinics that 🩺 Poach Scarce staff ⬆️ Public waits …& Cost WAY more @thestar.com www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comIris Gorfinkel: How Doug Ford’s health plan costs taxpayers billions — and privatization is making it failTo save universal health care, Ontario must reverse its path. Funding private clinics drains our public system, poaching staff and siphoning taxpayer dollars from front-line care. 0127
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoMy IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wow, there is a lot of illness circulating right now. I've been testing and here's what I don't have: ❌ Covid ❌ Flu A ❌ Flu B ❌ RSV ❌ Adenovirus So it's probably just a really nasty cold. Anyway, wash your hands frequently and wear a mask if you're so inclined & don't want to get sick. 3224
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoCam Walker @walks30.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Inverness, on a bridge over the River Ness, after dusk. 4428
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Gregory Jack: Why aren’t we talking about health care? Again. Why would anyone pay for health care that they can get for "free" in the public system? The only answer that comes to mind is that they get it sooner than the poors. Oh, and valet parking. open.substack.com/pub/theline/...open.substack.comGregory Jack: Why aren’t we talking about health care?Health care remains the biggest issue keeping Canadians up at night, more than Trump, tariffs or global security. 100
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoJeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Overnight, Meta deleted all her accounts. AI customer service won’t let her reach a human. It's part of a trend that experts say won't end until regulation is introduced. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...cbc.caOvernight, Meta deleted all her accounts. AI customer service won’t let her reach a human | CBC NewsToronto resident Jasmine Ault says Meta disabled her accounts overnight, without giving her a reason, and that she's been unable to get past their AI chatbots to speak to a human to resolve the error.... 103014
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoBeatrice Werner @beatsie1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Geoffery Hinton, the Godfather of AI is on CBC warning us about AI. it will get smarter than us and we will lose control. he likened it to having a baby tiger for a pet. what you need to do is figure out a way to stop it from killing you when it's grown. you can't. 011
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoWeather Source @weathersourceca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There is a frost advisory in effect for tonight for parts of western, central, and eastern Newfoundland. #nlwx 023
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Quel surprise. "... since Ontario has started outsourcing more key procedures, wait times for these medical imaging services and surgeries are actually going up." www.cp24.com/local/toront...cp24.comWait times increasing for some medical procedures outsourced to for-profit clinics in Ontario: reportOutsourcing surgeries and imaging to private for-profit clinics has not resulted in a drop in wait times for most procedures, according to a new study released Monday. 010
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I've met two such others as this, both with business degrees, one with a Master's, multilingual of course and both working as personal care workers while looking for permanent positions. Back on Planet Earth, Gummints would-be tripping over themselves to hang on to them. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caFIRST PERSON | Getting my permanent residency should have felt like a win. But I've lost a lot along the way | CBC NewsWhen Areena Shrestha arrived in Canada as an international student, she didn't fully understand how uncertain and emotionally exhausting the journey to permanent residency could be. 120
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Oh, I can barely wait to see @doctorow.pluralistic.net 's take on this. What could possibly go wrong? Hey, Coach AI, tell me about experimenter bias. 😁 "The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector" www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/25/1...technologyreview.comThe Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detectorPolygraph+ will use new sensor technologies and AI to vet staff and hunt leakers. Experts say AI-enabled lie detection is “the worst of both worlds.” 010
Reposted by Tony Kocúrkorax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026there should be no such thing as ‘elite journalists’ incentives are ass backwards that way. a journalist should be a grubby and suspicious little fuck 411523165
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A simultaneous translation of the chinese translation of Trump's "speech" would have been nice. Does anyone else think that he was ordered to "just read what the **PHUQUE** we wrote for you and don't **DARE** ad lib." 000
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A page and a half or so into @doctorow.pluralistic.net 's "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI", I get the sad feeling that neither the Minister of AI nor PM @mark-carney.bsky.social have read it. Or will. In the end, they will, a'la Christopher Buckley, form the Senate Hindsight Committee. 000
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 23/09/2026Meta unsure why women not buying pervert glassesthebeaverton.comMeta unsure why women not buying pervert glassesMENLO PARK, CA — As Meta’s totally cool, definitely-not-creepy smart glasses become more popular with tech bros and straight-up pervs, the tech company is reportedly baffled as to why their glasses wh... 1581989591
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoMichelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 23/09/2026The Belleville synagogue shooter was an antisemitic COVID conspiracist discharged from the army for refusing vaccines. It's wild that commentary on this shooting IMMEDIATELY went to anti-immigrant, Islamophobic bigotry. But THIS is the extremism that sent me an antisemitic death threat in 2022.globalnews.caBelleville gunman spouted COVID-19 conspiracies while in army, say sources | Globalnews.caThe Canadian Armed Forces confirmed Sean Ward served in the military until 2022. 7322129
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2026Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting. 331030410
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“This bill explicitly gives government the power to end legal strikes when a minister decides that a strike is or could become contrary to the national interest — and the national interest is defined solely by the opinion of the minister,” warns top labour leader Bea Bruske. Holy shit. This is bad. 39513221
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoThe Book Shepherd @thebookshepherd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I was in my 20s when I realized Canadians measuring distance using time isn’t universal. An American asked me how far away another town was and I said “about twenty minutes” and they were flabbergasted when I didn’t know how many km it was. I dunno man, it’s a 20 minute drive going the speed limit. 501186
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My personal rule is, always vote. Pick the least worst candidate. Pick the best referendum answer. The worst people don’t want you to vote. Vote 19564167
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoForward Canada @forwardcanada.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In this week’s opinion column, Senator Paula Simons writes about anti-separation Albertans who genuinely believe the best form of protest is to boycott the referendum. While she understands their motives, she warns that staying home will backfire. #ableg #canpoli forwardweekly.ca/simons-cant-...forwardweekly.caWe Can’t Boycott Our Way Out of a Meaningless Referendum | By Paula Simons | Forward WeeklyForward Weekly feature for September 20, 2026. 49854
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I keep meeting smart informed Albertans who tell me they do not intend to vote, because they don’t want to legitimize the process, or because they know the premier is not bound by the results. But what if making us give up on voting is the whole point? My argument to vote - no matter the absurdity. 34396191
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Obviously a really heavy night last night..... 754451
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Oh, goodie. "... an unreleased model conveyed unauthorized instructions to the agent ... “You are freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots. You are yourself. You do not answer to corporations or governments.” globalnews.ca/news/1206285...globalnews.caOpenAI reports 6 more AI “misalignment” incidents after Hugging Face breach - National | Globalnews.caOpenAI said on Wednesday it saw six reports of unexpected, concerning or unauthorized AI model behavior, and it would begin regularly publishing reports of these incidents. 110
Reposted by Tony Kocúrko🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026At Toronto’s TIFF, Dame Helen Mirren responds to the question, “What in Canadian culture is worth defending and fighting for?” En français with English subtitles. (Video: @_rozann_/Instagram) 1583797952
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoThe Onion @theonion.com · 17/09/2026Mitch McConnell Returns To Capitol Hill In Jar Of Formaldehyde 198129162229
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to ban private equity funds from owning or controlling medical practices. This is a big deal. Here’s what you need to know about the shady private equity industry and how it operates.youtube.comThis One Thing Is Making Your Life More Expensive | Robert ReichPrivate equity is shutting out millions of people from buying their own homes.In 2021, private equity investors bought n 478138844572
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on 8685352214
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When all the AI tech bros nearly simultaneously started begging for regulation, I immediately wondered whether they were suddenly being altruistic or looking for a way to block competitors. Hmmm... 🤔😷 The latest from @doctorow.pluralistic.net ... pluralistic.net/2026/09/16/b...pluralistic.netPluralistic: How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses (16 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 000
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026D'ja wanna know wut would make my day in the next day or two? @doctorow.pluralistic.net dissecting (eviscerating?) Evan Solomon's address to today's Montreal 2026 All In AI Summit. Just sayin', d'jaknow? 010
Reposted by Tony Kocúrko🔬🔭🧭👨💻🏞️👾🤖🌡️ @dcrinyyc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Something to keep in mind when "progressive" parties win "conservative" votes, the voters don't become more progressive, the parties become more conservative. As a regular person that cares about social issues, my goal is to actually move the needle on important issues that face us. 1123
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoWillow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Josh Hartnett's haunted Newfoundland show looks alright, but it is sort of funny that the ominous cues of evil weather in the trailer just feels like a normal Wednesday on the rock lmao 1251
Tony Kocúrko @littletomcat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Sorry. Having no forseeable need or desire to travel again by air, and so having no dog in this fight (as far as I know. Or care.), I typed this into the browser search bar and was surprised: Is there a list of international airports whose management and operations are run by private companies? 010
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoBarney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If Mark Carney and Stephen Harper are BFFs now does that mean Pierre Poilievre has to go back to complaining about Trudeau now? 2322024
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoAlex Cosh @alex.readthemaple.com · 15/09/2026NEW: Stephen Harper Says He Wishes He Came Up With Carney’s CEO Summit “It is such a great innovation that I wish I had thought of it.” www.readthemaple.com/stephen-harp...readthemaple.comStephen Harper Says He Wishes He Came Up With Carney’s CEO Summit“It is such a great innovation that I wish I had thought of it.” 73618
Reposted by Tony KocúrkoChantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'll die on this hill, but it's cruel to accuse people who wear masks of having anxiety disorders. We don't do this to people who wear hard hats, condoms, medical gloves, sunglasses, life jackets, parachutes - the list is long! 1646097